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Nelson Mandella #1200

Caption from poster: I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

Nelson Mandella #1203

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully- representative democratic elections.

Nobel Drew Ali #1150

The Moorish Science Temple of America is a religious organization founded in the early 20th century claiming to be a sect of Islam, but having equal influences in Buddhism, Christianity, Freemasonry, Gnosticism and Taoism. Its main tenet was that African Americans were descended from the Moors and thus were originally Islamic.

Nobel Drew Ali #1302

In 1913 Drew Ali formed the Canaanite Temple in Newark, New Jersey.  Forced to flee town for his views on race,  Drew Ali and his followers settled in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Detroit. He settled in Chicago in 1925, ostensibly because the Midwest was "closer to Islam", and the following year he officially registered Temple No. 9.

Nobel Drew Ali #1300

Members of the Temple wear fezes, and a turban (including Drew, who wore a Cherokee feather in his) and add the suffixes Bey or EL to their names to signify their Moorish heritage. The ushers of the Temple wore black fezzes, and the leader of a particular temple was known as a Grand Sheik, or Governor. Drew began to teach the Moorish Americans how to become better citizens, and make more impassioned speeches, urging Moors to reject the derogatory labels such as Black, colored, and Negro—and for Americans of all races to reject hate and embrace love.

Nobel Drew Ali #1301

Timothy Drew was born on January 8 1886 in North Carolina, USA.  The accounts of Timothy Drew's ancestry variously describe his being the son of two former slaves who was adopted by a tribe of Cherokee native Americans,  to his being the son of a Moroccan Muslim father and a Cherokee mother.

Paul Roberson #1021

Caption from poster: We ask for nothing that is not right, and herein lies the great power of our.

Paul Roberson #1234

Caption from poster: “My father was a slave and my people died to build this country, and I’m going to stay right here and have a part of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people like you will drive me from it. Is that clear?”

Paul Roberson #1235

Caption from poster: “Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom sing. Maybe I can touch people’s hearts beter than I can their minds, with the commong struggle of the common man.”

Prince Hall #1148

Caption from poster: Abolitionist, civic leader, caterer, leather-dresser, and founder of what would become the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, little is known of the life of Prince Hall.

Rev Richard Allen #1191

Caption from poster: In 1794, Allen founded Bethel African Methodist Church. “We were stolen from our mother country, and brought here. We have tilled the ground and made fortunes for thousands, and still they are not weary of our services.”